Orolik

Summary

Orolik (Serbian Cyrillic: Оролик) is a village in the Stari Jankovci municipality, Vukovar-Syrmia County, in eastern Croatia. The village is connected with the rest of the country by the D46 state road connecting it with the town of Vinkovci and continuing into Serbia as the State Road 120 to the nearest town of Šid, D57 road and by the M105 railway.

Orolik
Orolik is located in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Orolik
Orolik
Orolik is located in Croatia
Orolik
Orolik
Orolik is located in Europe
Orolik
Orolik
Coordinates: 45°16′N 18°59′E / 45.267°N 18.983°E / 45.267; 18.983
Country Croatia
RegionSyrmia (Podunavlje)
County Vukovar-Syrmia
MunicipalityStari Jankovci
Government
 • BodyLocal Committee
Area
 • Total6.3 sq mi (16.4 km2)
Elevation
292 ft (89 m)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total355
 • Density56/sq mi (22/km2)
Demonym(s)Oroličanin () Oroličanka ()
(per grammatical gender)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Serbian Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Peter and Paul and Roman Catholic church

History edit

One archaeological site in Orolik dating back to the Iron Age in Europe period was excavated in the 1970s and 1980s as a part of rescue excavations in eastern Croatia.[3] This archaeological site was a settlement of the late La Tène culture settlement network of the Scordisci in the area of Vinkovci.[3] First excavations of Scordisci sites began in late 19th century during the time of Austro-Hungarian Empire.[3]

Orolik was established in the 16th century during the Ottoman rule in Hungary.[4] During this period the most of the population were Catholic Croats who remained in the village after the Treaty of Karlowitz.[4] In 1715 the local church register records that there were 19 inhabited houses total in the entire village.[4] During the next decade Hofkammer in Vienna settled 20 families of Eastern Orthodox Vlachs or Serbs in the village.[4] In 1866 there was 205 Orthodox and 106 Roman Catholic families in the village.[4]

According to the 1890 census, Orolik had 936 inhabitants, of which 521 were Roman Catholics, 384 Orthodox, 20 Jews, 5 Lutherans, 5 Nazarenes and 1 Greek Catholic.[5]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Register of spatial units of the State Geodetic Administration of the Republic of Croatia. Wikidata Q119585703.
  2. ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Dizdar, Marko (2016). "Late La Tène Settlements in the Vinkovci Region (Eastern Slavonia, Croatia): Centres of Trade and Exchange" (PDF). Boii - Taurisci: Proceedings of the International Seminar, Oberleis-Klement, June 14th-15th, 2012. Austrian Academy of Sciences Press: 31–48. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e Mirko Marković (2003). Istočna Slavonija: Stanovništvo i naselja. Zagreb: Naklada Jesenski i Turk. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9532221239.
  5. ^ "Orolik". o-jankovci.hr. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

External links edit

  • Aerial view of the village on the Stari Jankovci Municipality You-Tube Page

45°13′N 18°59′E / 45.217°N 18.983°E / 45.217; 18.983